{"slug": "tulunids", "label": "Tulunids", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulunids", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726798", "qid": "Q726798", "description": "Independent Egyptian Emirate", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [864, 905], "span_label": ["864 CE", "905 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "egypt-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "Egypt in the Middle Ages", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "cilicia", "label": "Cilicia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bilad-al-sham", "label": "Bilad al-Sham", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nile", "label": "Nile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ptolemaic-kingdom", "label": "Ptolemaic kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkic-peoples", "label": "Turkic peoples", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iraq", "label": "Iraq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-mu-tadid", "label": "Al-Mu'tadid", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunid Dynasty (d. 896)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Births", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, a Turkish general, is sent to Egypt as governor, by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tazz. He becomes the founder of the Tulunid Dynasty (until 905), and Egypt becomes an autonomous state for the first time since the Ptolemaic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Africa", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 882, "year_label": "882 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – Ishaq ibn Kundaj, a Turkic military leader, arrests the Abbasid caliph Al-Mu'tamid, when the latter (and his followers) try to flee into Tulunid territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345951089#Arabian_Empire", "title": "882", "revid": 1345951089, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 884, "year_label": "884 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, founder of the Tulunid Dynasty, dies after a 15-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Khumarawayh, as ruler of Egypt and Syria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654158#Arabian_Empire", "title": "884", "revid": 1366654158, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Tawahin: Muslim forces (4,000 men) of the Abbasid Caliphate, under Al-Mu'tadid, are defeated near Ramlah (modern Israel) by Khumarawayh, ruler of the Tulunid dynasty. This ends the Abbasid attempt to recover Syria from the Tulunids. A large part of the Abbasid army is captured, and transported to Egypt. Khumarawayh aims for reconciliation with the caliphal government, and allows the soldiers who want to return to modern-day Iraq to depart without ransom, while offering the rest the opportunity to settle in Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Arabian_Empire", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of the Tulunid Dynasty (b. 864)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Deaths", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 897, "year_label": "897 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Caliph al-Mu'tadid recovers control of the Cilician Thughur (southeastern Anatolia) and of northern Syria, during the turmoil in the Tulunid government (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130275#Arabian_Empire", "title": "897", "revid": 1341130275, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Shayban ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun succeeds his nephew Harun ibn Khumarawayh as emir of the Tulunid dynasty, who is killed in a mutiny during the invasion of Egypt by the Abbasid Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#Arabian_Empire", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Caliph Al-Muktafi sends an Abbasid army (10,000 men) led by Muhammad ibn Sulayman to re-establish control over Syria and Egypt. The campaign is supported from the sea by a fleet from the frontier districts of Cilicia under Damian of Tarsus. He leads his ships up the Nile River, raids the coast, and intercepts the supplies for the Tulunids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Arabian_Empire", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}]}